Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-24
Talk WIrH HARRY LOTT.
WHAT A WELL KNOWN sRATTLE MAN HAe
TO HkY ABOUT TIE ALASKA MNRs.


WHAT A WE'LL KNOWN sEkTTLE MAN HAe
TO slT ABOUT THE ALASKA MUEs.
"You want 10 know why / spent the
summer in Alaska said Harry Lett,
ths well knewn engineer and steamboat
man, In conversation with q PosTI IN
rnLLIuxncER reporter yesterday.
"Wsll, III ssll you. ! was out Of en-
ploymant last sprinR, when the Alaska
Onson Mil and Mining Company
shipped the little steamer Ootsvo out to
Seattle from Boston by rail and put her
IN the water. ! got acquainted with
he man Who had charge Of her and he
empioyed me as engineer. The nrsi IN,
teufion vas to steam her 10 Alaska, bot
hV the time We reached Port Townsend
IN her We we're all willing 10 let that job
oat. She vas long and straight and
ala well enough in smooth water, but
Whenever 20 encountered q tide rip or
A liktle rough water, instead OF riding it
she VouId run right through Il and
buFv hersalf. We remained at Port
Townsend some time, and finally pat
the steamer on she deck Of the Idaho
ana took passage on that steamship foE
Alaska. On arrival there. I stayed By
the Octave for souae time. She Wes too
frafI for those waters. and run but little
Of the time. They couId have used her
10 Good advantage IN towing baFRes o.
scoWs, but she vas boo fFail for that
purpese. The pipes IN her petent boiler
COT 70 leaking and she became VERY
dirty job. and quit her"
"What did you DO after thatl
swell. when quit che OctaSo I
/ found ! had taken the gold fever, ana
% mustered my resources and nsteo
oEat q prospecting expedition. Thai
| country h % full OF quarts lodges a.
1 King county IL Of coal VEINS. and all
person has 10 do 10 fad ledge is TO 90
0ut and proepeoe for IT, ] discovered
several lodges Of various sizes and Io-
oated 3 Number Of claims. have &
large quantity Of rock which shall
have assayed. People Who have exam
ined e think u is Eioh, nnd ! certainly
hope Il is, 90 ] put ID nearly The who'll
summer locking 4 ap."
~Hgw 10 the climate Of AlaskRt
az l. very moist during The summsl
months. lam sure IL fained q cut o.
every 90 days ! vas there, a1d peopfI
no AU8dA IN kaDuNx 138A8 nA0 KUN
boots. OF eourse. ] doa't know VIA
the weather IL 10 TIE winter, a. ] did
not reuaiE The year through, bot meg
vho have vtnteFed there tell me q 1
very severe"
aWhaa i your opiniOn Of Alaska as {
mininQ EegionY
Il have no doubt cf The ninsE4
wealth Of Alaska. As ] said before, q
b ons body Of quarts hedges. Sos.
Fich veins near the water 'front.' hAel
been discovered, and ere being dsvel
opea, has / imagine that far Fichel
vsina yin yet be found b prospectofa.
aWtu yoa return In The spRin9ls
1 ssOh, yes; I ahafl pE0tscs ny intefess
thera. A man must Do fiO worth q
work ca each of his uinims every yea
for nvs years IN order % hold them. a
tie expiration ef thai time be can Get /
patent. OF. u q man can ehoEd % q
$500 worth Of wnKk On ms claim In u0l
year, be osn receive his patsnt wilkou
fuEfhsT expnnaa or deiNy. a1an d
ths required vuEk on one o. to a. p.
hess ciaims. and anless en- eel III
otheEs ] wlll Ist aouse enc else takl
thsn and secure The PATENTS"